Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
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I place economy among the first and important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
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The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.
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To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.
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We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
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Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.
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